littlefish raised $9.5 million in a Series A round to expand its merchant operating system across African markets. The round was led by Partech, with participation from TLcom Capital, Flourish Ventures and Proparco.
Founded in 2021 by Brandon Roberts and Miod Davith Kahwa, the company provides a platform that connects banks with merchants by integrating payments, point-of-sale systems, customer management tools and APIs into a single infrastructure layer.
The platform is already used by major financial institutions including Standard Bank, First National Bank and Absa Group, and is embedded into onboarding processes through a partnership with Visa.